Leisurely Farm Life in Beast World

"Maomao and the others have discovered some very tall prickly fruits ahead. The large prickly fruits contain very thirst-quenching juice, and their flesh is also very delicious after the peel is removed.

We’re currently not abundant in food, so we need to replenish our supplies.

But now the problem is, it seems that we are not the only ones who have found the prickly fruits; there is another creature, but Brother Xiu Yan said they are all in the sand, and he doesn’t know what they are."

Ji Nuan briefly explained the situation, and only then did Harry understand why they had stopped.

At this moment, Casa stepped forward: "I’ll go take a look."

Facing such an unknown entity, it certainly is safer to have the defensively strong Pangolin Orc make the move.

The beasts had no objections and nodded in agreement.

Casa, his body cloaked in hard armor, strode towards the patch of prickly fruits. As he approached, the sand seemed to churn, raising several mounds.

Seeing this, Casa hastily stopped in his tracks.

However, the mounding in the sand did not subside with his halt. On the contrary, as if attracted by something, it grew more agitated.

Casa slowly backed away. Orcs have a keen sense of danger, and these undulating sand mounds made him feel a hint of peril.

As if aware that Casa was leaving, the mound closest to him split open from the top as if punctured by something, revealing a giant red scorpion, the length of an orc’s arm, now in the beasts’ field of vision.

Ji Nuan shivered instantly, damn it, she had an aversion to these things the most.

The scorpion’s body was entirely red, with only the tip of its tail and two pincers sporting a black hue, looking extremely ferocious.

After emerging from the sand mound, the scorpion immediately lunged towards Casa.

Perhaps not taking such a small creature seriously, Casa didn’t bother to dodge but instead attempted to stomp on it.

But the desert is different from solid ground; Casa’s stomp only buried the red scorpion into the sand, causing no actual harm.

The creature managed to burrow out right next to Casa’s foot and, with a flick of its tail, struck right into his lower leg.

Casa’s expression changed; the red scorpion had breached his defenses and wounded him.

Striving to ignore the burning sensation in his leg, he turned and ran: "Quick, let’s get out of here, that bug has hurt me."

Casa’s words struck the others like thunder. Seeing his serious condition, they quickly urged their camels to turn and flee.

Eventually, Casa caught up with the rest, climbing onto his own large beast; the heat on his leg had spread to his waist by now.

It was as if he had been thrown into a fire pit, the excruciating burning sensation contorting his face.

Maomao and its companions also seemed to dread the dangerous scorpions, truly exerting all their strength, running at breakneck speed.

They ran a great distance before finally stopping.

"I looked back just now, and out of those mounds of sand crawled numerous red bugs, swarming everywhere – it gave me goosebumps," said Ji Nuan, rubbing her arms and shuddering.

Xiu Yan’s lips thinned: "It seems that the nearest place for us to resupply food and water is there; I don’t know how much longer it will be till the next spot."

With those words, Ji Nuan fell silent as well.